Geriatric Assessments in Older Adults With Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2023 Nov 1;9(11):1592. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.3329.

Authors

Fernando C Diaz¹, Ana I Velazquez^{2

3}, Mazie Tsang⁴

Affiliations

¹ UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
² UCSF Division of Hematology/Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
³ UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco.
⁴ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix.

PMID: 37768645
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.3329

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This JAMA Oncology Patient Page describes the geriatric assessment used by clinicians to evaluate the health of older adults with cancer.

MeSH terms

Aged
Geriatric Assessment*
Humans
Medical Oncology
Neoplasms* / therapy